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A group of Marxist economists has petitioned the education minister to immediately increase the number of Marxist courses for economics students to safeguard what they call the country's ""ideological security.""


The letter Nike Air Max 95 Pas Cher , co-authored by Henan University scholar Xu Xingya and He Ganqiang, a retired Nanjing University of Finance and Economics professor, states that Marxist economic courses should make up at least half of the core courses for economics majors.


It states that the declining number of Marxist economic courses, which is only half or a third the number of Western economic courses, has ""severely deviated college economics education from the socialist direction.""


The letter said many undergraduate and graduate students now lack knowledge of Marxist methodology and some, including those who have and will work in government, have been ""brainwashed by Western theories,"" posing a grave threat to the country's security.


""The Westernization of economic [thought] was one of the reasons for the Soviet Union's collapse, which was why we have written this letter,"" He told the Global Times in a phone interview on Monday.


He said at least a few dozen scholars support their petition, which called for an immediate increase in Marxist economic courses after the summer vacation.


""Increasing the number of Marxist economic courses will inevitably be discouraged by the existing Western forces at universities. It is in essence an ideological class struggle wherein the bourgeois class clashes with the proletariat class in education,"" he noted.


Xu told the Global Times that they are disappointed that the Marxist economics is being sidelined in today's China and that they would like to see the Ministry of Education release a notice to call for a revival of the courses.


China's Education Minister Yuan Guiren said in 2015 that Chinese universities should maintain political integrity and shun textbooks that promote Western values.


The letter also said since Marxism was born, schools of economic thought have been divided into two camps, namely the working class camp and the bourgeois class camp.


But Peking University economics professor Cao Heping said he disagrees with the Marxist scholars.


He told the Global Times that what the letter considers ""Western schools of economics"" are actually tools in the study of economics and can be used to solve many practical problems.


He said Marxist economics talks more about values and the development of tools serves to complement the study of values.


""If China really wants to prevail in economic thought, it should focus on promoting relevant research and earn respect in the field, rather than force certain courses on students,"" Cao said.


The letter was sent following a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 17, in which Xi called for reinforcing the guiding status of Marxism in the ideological domain.

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KABUL， May 25 (Xinhua) -- The deadly suicide attack against a bus of judges outside Afghan capital Kabul city on Wednesday which left at least 10 persons dead， has been strongly condemned.


United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) termed the attack as a coward act and condemned it in its strongest term.


""Attacks against judicial authorities are cowardly and contrary to international humanitarian law，"" said Nicholas Haysom， the UN secretary-general's special representative for Afghanistan and head of UNAMA in a statement released here.


""I unreservedly condemn today's attack， demand accountability for the perpetrators and urge authorities to do everything in their power to ensure adequate protection of judicial officials，"" Haysom said in the statement.


In the deadly attack for which Taliban claimed of responsibility， according to UNAMA statement， 11 civilians were killed and 10 others injured.


According to the statement， the victims include employees of the Maidan Wardak provincial court and bystanders civilians in the area， including six children.


In the statement， the UN Mission reiterates that international humanitarian law， to which all parties to the armed conflict are bound， prohibits attacks directed against civilians and the use of indiscriminate tactics， particularly suicide attacks using improvised explosive devices.


Similarly， the Afghan Interior Ministry， in a statement released here put the attack on the enemies of Afghanistan， a reference to the Taliban and strongly condemned it.


According to the statement of the Interior Ministry， 10 people were killed and four others injured in the suicide bombing and all the victims are civilians.


The attack occurred at 08:25 a.m. local time in Bagh-e-Daud locality outside Kabul against a bus that transported the judges of appellate court to Maidan Shahr， 35 km west of Kabul， the statement added.


This is the first deadly suicide bombing carried out by Taliban militants since the death of their leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor on Saturday and choosing new leader on Wednesday to lead the hardliner group.


Taliban outfit in a statement posted on its website， hours after the attack， claimed of responsibility and confirmed that a suicide bomber blew himself up next to a bus of judges killing and injuring 22 persons.